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These pictures are all of D.3 XP924 when she was operating out of RAE Llanbedr in 1990/1991. The pictures were taken from from a BAe Hawk flown by OC Flying Sepp Pauli), an ex Luftwaffe F-4 and F-104 pilot, and in these shots, the Sea Vixen was flown by Chris Laidlaw Bell, who very kindly contributed these shots. Contact Chris if you wish to use these pictures for anything other than personal use.
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These pictures were kindly donated by Ray Deacon. They are for your personal use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form. Ray has a sizeable collection of photos of aircraft, taken throughout his service in the RAF and available for publication - contact him for details.
To provide relief for the Aden-based Hunter squadrons operating the arduous dawn-till-dusk patrols along the Yemeni border, the Royal Navy periodically provided cover from one of its five aircraft carriers whenever they passed through the Suez Canal. Together with the Scimitar and subsequently the Buccaneer, the Sea Vixen undertook a major share of these sorties. To identify an aircraft's mother-ship, a single-letter code was applied to the tailfin, these codes being; C=Centaur, E=Eagle, H=Hermes, R=Ark Royal, V=Victorious.
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All these pictures are kindly supplied by John Eacott from his collection taken during his time in the Fleet Air Arm. If you want to use them for anything other than personal use, contact John.
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12 people have commented on this page. This is comment section 1 of 2.
Dave Thomas from Bruntingthorpe | Posted at 8:06pm on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 |
Would like to contact "Taff" Cooper from Nth Devon reference Vixen 121. I am presently rebuilding her at Bruntingthorpe to operate here on the runway can you contact me on 07788881953 would love to touch base with you. | |
John Tonen from Carmarthenshire | Posted at 2:30pm on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 |
The RAE Llanbder picture showing the Sea Vixen banking tostarboard is over the mouth of the Conwy not Anglesey. Its actually over the site where sections of the Mulberry Harbour were built in WW2. | |
Tony Rodwell from uk Brayton near Selby | Posted at 10:49pm on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 |
Brings back memories I served on 892 on the Centaur and 893 on the hermes many many moons ago. | |
Geoff Pollard from Cornwall | Posted at 2:08pm on Monday, August 17th, 2009 |
I served with 899 from 1969 until the squadron disbanded in 1972 and our aircraft were retired. On the last morning at sea we were allowed to carry out a certain amount of decoration prior to the final disembarkation, the only stipulation being that there were no obscenities and that the paint we used was emulsion so it could easily be removed. Well, we went along with half of it and used gloss paint to adorn the aircraft with flowers, FOR SALE signs,skull and cross bones, sharks mouths and flight refuellin... read more » | |
"taff" Cooper from Nth Devon | Posted at 4:20pm on Friday, July 17th, 2009 |
I to served on 899,i was plane captain of 121 67/69.Still enjoy Vixens in my flightsim. | |
Phil White from West Midlands | Posted at 11:10am on Thursday, January 1st, 2009 |
I was a LAM on that final tour of 899 on the Eagle and plane captain of 131 and remember painting a Skull and crossbones on the nose before she disembarked for the last time ! I also sadly had a hand in the flower painting too :o) | |
D. Frances from Nuneaton | Posted at 7:47pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2008 |
I also serviced Mk 1 Sea vixens , at Yeovilton in 1963 and as plane captain on 892 Sqdn in Centaur 1964, thanks for a good site, and the memories it brought back. | |
Nicola Robbins from Brough | Posted at 9:26pm on Sunday, October 26th, 2008 |
Love the Sea Vixen. Great history, indeed all the aircraft on this site make you proud to be British. Thanks ! | |
Roger Mills from Oxfordshire | Posted at 10:45am on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 |
Brings back memories ! I maintained Vixens as REM(A) 766 sqdn. at Yeovilton 1965,and aboard Eagle (AED, Scanner Bay),1966-1969.Helped to preserve XJ 580 on plinth in Christchurch ,Dorset (before move to Tangmere). | |
G WILLIAMS from CUMBRIA | Posted at 2:35pm on Friday, October 10th, 2008 |
Having worked on many Vixens converted from mk 1 to 2 and as N ex Lanbedr employeee I was delighted to find this page thank you | |
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